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The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture - Jacob Epstein's Rock Drill

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Artist Antony Gormley explores key sculptures of the 20th century. He discusses the Rock Drill, made by Jacob Epstein between 1913 and 1915, which he considers as the first work of Modernism in Britain and which he compares to Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel of the same year.